The use of 'Gosh'...in real life?

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I've recently seen posters using this on MN yet in real life I don't know anyone using it in speech.

The only person I know who uses it a lot is my Mum's neighbour, in her late 80s, and even as a child I thought it was quite antiquated and '1950s'.

I simply don't know anyone who says that word now.

(and I'm solidly middle class with educated middle class friends, if that makes any difference.)

i hate swearing, and blaspheming.
i think gosh has made a comeback, usually by people who also say hugely, and incredibly, as intensifiers.
i'm not sure golly is ok. might be a bit risky. esp at work. best avoided.
might give rise to offence, unintentionally.

Oh my word is another good one.

And blinking 'eckers

I've adopted "oh my gosh" instead of "Oh My God" since being a parent.

I use ‘gosh,’ ‘goodness,’ ‘crikey’ and my favourite, ‘flipping heck,’ all the time! Come from when I worked in a primary school.

I use it sometimes. In my 30s.

I think I use it, post children.

What are the non-sweary, non old-fashioned alternatives?

My partner uses 'golly' a lot though. That sounds so antiquated.

Hyphens gone crazy there.

I use it. Also 'Oh my giddy aunt' and 'Oh my crikey' (I think the latter was adopted from Green Wing though).

Then again, I also swear like a trooper on occasion!

I say gosh all the time. I'm nearly 24.

Also used to use “oh ma heid” a lot when we lived in Scotland - not so much now.

I use gosh, all the time and I'm wc.
I can't stand "simply" like "you simply can't ...."
Ok , make it hard then.

I say "fucking hell" or "you're shitting me"

When kids are present I try to tone it down. No, I don't use "gosh". Sounds a bit Sunday school teacherish

I say Oh My Gosh or Goodness Gracious because I don’t like blaspheming.

Sounds a bit Sunday school teacherish

Couldn’t have timed my comment much better than I did could I?

crikey
blimey
bloomin heck
crumbs
jeepers
Lordy me
Flippin 'eck

All of these and "oh my days!" "Sugar" "ecky thump" I enjoy a good non-swear. I also have a very expressive and mimicky three year old, so it's for the best.

Well I’ll go to the foot of my stairs.
Bit long winded that though.
Flaming Nora.

This is NOT a criticism of anyone using it....

but in real life the only people I've heard use it (not recently) are either posh (Gosh, darling..) or not posh and trying to be posh.

But the other side of the coin is that really posh people are more likely to say fucking hell and swear like troopers.

I use it sometimes.
I hear it used by plenty of others too.

Oh oh I use it
Plus goodness, lord, anything but god. It's actuallybecause I'm an "unbeliever"

I am very sweary but since kids have made a conscious effort not to go "fucking hell" to everything from finding an empty fridge or as a response to DC1 in tears "DC2 tore my painting up"

What can I use? Crickey and blimey dont have the same intensity and sound like a really old man

I use it or goodness at work so as not to offend anyone who believes in God. Well, I try.

I do, (so I don’t drop the f bomb in class) and good grief.I also use blimey a bit, which as I’ve an Australian accent comes across a bit Neighbours. Especially when it becomes Blimey o’riley!

In my first proper job swearing was considered insubordination and gross misconduct with instant firing!

Yes, I say it. I am religious and find one of the alternatives unacceptable.Yes, it gets commented on from time to time, usually by people senior to me at work- usually along the lines of its a reflection on class (?!). Those who know me find this Reflection hilarious and I don’t tend to respond verbally, just smile

I say it, don’t care if it’s antiquated. Better than “fuck/damn/shit/whatever”